Impossible to open Volumio in Chrome (windows 10)

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Hello,

I use a configuration with a PI 2b v1.1, my original micro SD card has become defective so I generate a new one using “Volumio-4.073-2025-12-05–pi.img” version. The sd card was created with Pi Imager.
I can communicate through Pi Connect and SSH without problem but when trying to open the volumio interface on Chrome I get the error :

This site is inaccessible

192.168.1.15 does not allow login

“Err_CONNECTION_REFUSED”

I tried to disable Bit Defender,
Bonjour is activated

Any help wil be welcome.

Thank’s Fred

2

Did you use the phone app to find and configure the new install?
With the latest versions of the app and Volumio, the setup process for a new installation seems very smooth and easy to me.

3

Did you only flash the SD or also configured WiFi via Raspberry Pi Imager? If you did then reflash and don’t use OS customisation settings.
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4

Thank’s, I am not using the WIFI but I am going to reflash without the customisation settings.

5

Thank’s, I tried without success.

6

@nerd

Any idea, never seen this before.

7

Hey @fred451,

The fact that SSH and Pi Connect work confirms your network connectivity is fine and the system is running. The ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error in Chrome is suspicious because modern Chrome versions aggressively force HTTPS connections, and Volumio only serves HTTP - there is no HTTPS listener.

Please try the following tests in order:

  1. Explicit HTTP prefix - type exactly:
    http://192.168.1.15
    (not just the IP address alone)

  2. Direct backend port:
    http://192.168.1.15:3000

  3. Try an incognito/private window (bypasses cached HSTS policies)

  4. Try a different browser (Firefox or Edge)

  5. Watch the Chrome address bar carefully - after you type the IP and press Enter, does Chrome change it to https:// automatically?

If Chrome is forcing HTTPS, you can clear its HSTS cache:

  • Navigate to chrome://net-internals/#hsts
  • Scroll to “Delete domain security policies”
  • Enter 192.168.1.15 and click Delete
  • Also try volumio.local if you used that previously

Additionally, since Pi 2B is older hardware, Volumio 4 (Bookworm with Node 20) takes significantly longer to fully initialize on first boot - sometimes 6-10 minutes before the web interface becomes responsive. After a fresh flash, wait at least 10 minutes before attempting browser access.

Please report back which test succeeds or fails.

Kind Regards,

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Thank’s a lot for your help. I am going to check your suggestions but first I’ll restart the flashing process skipping the Customisation part.

I’ll let you know the results .

Regards, Fred

9

Hello,

Many thank’s for your help.

In fact the only problem was due to a stupid error I made when flashing the SD card, I flashed a linux OS instead of the Volumio OS.
Thank’s again for your time.

Best regards, Fred